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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1914
Page
2
In Jiathens Greece seven of the Greek naval reserves were called to the colors as part of mobilization plans to strengthen the fleet for upcoming operations. The action signals broader military readiness and anticipated naval activity. The notice mentions continuing economic and consumer notices unrelated to the mobilization in the same period.
New York reports a partial rally with gains in Har timans New York Central Reading and Amalgamated while May Department Stores climbs. American press and Westinghouse slump before recovering. Lehigh Valley and United Dry Goods slide amid government inquiry rumors and dividend cuts.
Joseph Reynolds of Norwalk has been jailed since May 2 for unpaid militia fines and court costs totaling $22. Sheriff Vollmer organized a subscription to cover Reynolds debt since daily payments were not workable. A generous response is expected to free Reynolds tonight once the fund is raised.
Betting favors Cornell Columbia Syracuse Pennsylvania Washington and Wisconsin as 120 oarsmen prepare for the Hudson races at Poughkeepsie. Junior eights, freshmen eights, and varsity race slates set from 4 18 to 6 15 with tide and wind shaping the fast course. Referees and judges named from Yale Harvard Cornell Penn Syracuse Wisconsin and Washington. Also recaps Elbows McFadden versus Joe Gans boxing bouts and their historic clashes in 1899 1902 with Gans praising McFadden as greatest foe.
The piece lauds Sam Crawford as a premier hitter, detailing a seventeen-year career with above .300 averages, his late-career consistency, and his value in driving the Tigers’ May surge with a .429 mark. It contrasts Crawford with legendary names and notes his durability, logging around 1,500 games in ten years, underscoring his reliability and feared presence at the plate.
A 1905 report recalls Jack Johnson’s six round victory over Jack Munroe in Philadelphia and Munroe’s fleeting claim to heavyweight supremacy. It notes Munroe’s later exhibition with Jeffries, a San Francisco rematch where Jeffries won in the second round, and mentions Hyer’s death and Leach Cross knockout by Dick Hyland in 1909.
Pensacola Florida June 26 General Garlan N Whistler aged 66 a retired US Army officer is buried at his summer home here General Whistler invented smokeless powder and a system of fire control for artillery coast defense enabling a central station to determine the exact location of approaching vessels at sea
Boston defeated New York 7 to 6 while Pittsburgh beat St Louis 4 to 1. Philadelphia won 8 to 7 against Brooklyn. The Cincinnati Chicago game was postponed due to rain.
New York beat Boston 3 to 2 in 1st game. Boston won 4 to 3 in 24 innings. Chicago defeated Detroit 3 to 2. Cleveland edged St. Louis 6 to 3. Washington and Philadelphia games called off at start of fifth due to rain. Doubleheaders listed: Boston in New York and Philadelphia in Washington with Cleveland in St. Louis and Detroit in Chicago as remaining matchups.
Brooklyn in Baltimore and Pittsburgh in Buffalo set matchups as Joe Kelly of the Pirates shows a budding batting eye after prior misses. He remains far from the ideal power and average peers expect from a top outfielder.
Chicago reports the International Sunday convention approved sex hygiene instruction in Sunday schools and warned that without home or church teaching the streets would fill the gap. M Mohr urged explicit education to guide youth toward purity and righteousness. The procession included remarks by Rev H M Hamill of Nashville, a Methodist bishop with Confederate veteran ties. A separate note mentions Frank Varese reporting a garden hose theft at 474 Putnam Avenue and a Joseph Pasckesky, seven, in an unrelated snippet.
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